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SNAP HOOK. No'. 251,882. Patented Jan. 8,1882.

PATENT OFFICE.

-FRED FRAZER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SNAP-HOO K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,862, dated January 3 1882.

Application filed December 7,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRED FRAZER, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Syracuse, in

.changes in the form of the shank of the hook and the construction of the tongue, as will be hereinafter described.

InV the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciication, Figure l is a perspective view of a snap-hook embodying iny invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hook and spring. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section, and Fig. iV is a perspective view of the tongue.

Like letters represent corresponding parts in all the iigures. Y

The hook A, shank B, and loop C for the attaching strap or chain are cast in one piece. At the one end of the shank I provide a ret'ess or depression, a, in the heel thereof', and the back portion of this recess is open entirely through the body of the shank, and is provided with inwardly-projecting lugs l b, one on each side, which receive and hold the coiled spring c. Within the recess or cavity a, are also cast projecting eccentric lianges d d, on each side, which support the tongue and act as bearings for the curved hooks thereon,as will be hereinafter described.

The coiled spring c is formed with two free ends, one long and one short one. The short end in the completed hook bears against the cavity the lugs are forced toward each other.,V

forming a journal for the spring, which is held Y iirnily in place.

The tongue D is formed withV two rearwardly projecting curved hooks, and is of such shape that it ts snugly between the wallsI of the recess. The hooks are curved downwardly, and when inserted in the cavity in the shank ofthe hook they rest on the eccentric flanges on the sides of the cavity, which form bearings for them, while the free ends of the curved hooks 0r lugs on the tongue project underneath and partly surround the lugs b b, and the coiled spring lies in the recess between them. After the spring is in place the tongue is secured by inserting the curved hooks on the end thereof in the cavity underneath the lugs.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a sna -hook with a coiled spi-ine restin in a res cess in the shank of the hook, and such I do not cla-im as my invention; but

What I claim is- A snap-hook having its i hook, loop, and shank cast 1in on'e piece, with a cavity, a, having eccentric side flanges and inwardly-projecting lugs, a tongue, D, with downwardlyprojecting curved hooks, and the coiled spring c, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as set forth. 1

FRED FltAZER. Vitnesses: Y

W. F. PARDEE, JN0. J. LYNCH. 

